LAHORE: All rivers in Punjab are likely to be in “very high” to “exceptionally high” flood from Sept 5 to 7 because of expected intensification of the current spell of fairly widespread rains repor

KARACHI: Female snails at the Gadani Ship-breaking Yard have been found to have developed male sex organs due to exposure to a highly toxic chemical used in ship paints, a recent study of Karachi U

PESHAWAR: Health authorities are gearing up to start vaccination campaigns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) following emergence of two new polio cases in the Khyber Agency and one

CHHACHHRO: Thirty-year-old Marubhat, a resident of Samo Bheel village — a two-hour drive from Chhachhro — decided to end her life on Aug 23 after she had failed to provide food for her children.

PESHAWAR: The poor vaccination campaigns and refusal by parents against immunisation were hampering Pakistan’s efforts to eradicate polio as two new cases were notified by National Institute of Hea

MUZAFFARABAD: Apart from adverse impact to be caused by India’s Kishanganga dam project on Pakistan’s irrigation system and energy sector schemes, conservationists are worried about its devastating

BAHAWALPUR: The forest department has finalised a three-phased comprehensive plan worth Rs140 million under the ADP to attract maximum visitors at the neglected but historic national park in Lal So

FAISALABAD: Solar-powered traffic signals have been installed at 17 crossings of the city which will be made operational next week.

LAHORE: India has agreed to re-examine Pakistan’s objections over designs of Kishanganga dam and four other hydroelectric power projects on Jhelum and Chenab rivers.

SAHIWAL: Around 15,000 residents of four villages in the district are facing constant threat of land erosion on eastern side of River Ravi, demanding immediate measures to check the phenomena.